All maps are fiction when the world is seen from the sky. But if ten thousand dragons choose to believe in this one, I think you will find it nearer truth than otherwise.”
“As she watched him walk away, she suddenly realised that the worst part of resistance was not fear; it was loneliness.”
― The Lost Song of Paris
― The Lost Song of Paris
“I was no psychologist but I understood that this was down to our chaotic childhood. Whereas Immy and Andy had embraced the unpredictable nature of our upbringing, Miranda and I were more, well, clenched, about the whole thing.”
― The Hidden Women
― The Hidden Women
“I was no psychologist but I understood that this was down to our chaotic childhood. Whereas Immy and Andy had embraced the unpredictable nature of our upbringing, Miranda and I were more, well, clenched,”
― The Hidden Women
― The Hidden Women
“But the thing is: you cannot know the future. You look at the news and it looks terrifying. But you can never be sure. That is the whole thing with the future. You don't know. At some point you have to accept that you don't know. You have to stop flicking ahead and just concentrate on the page you are on.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
“Prue waited, her arms folded around her body. Never in a million years would she have expected to find herself in this situation. But here she was, waiting for her husband to be dug out of his mistress’s house.”
― Home Comforts at Rookery House
― Home Comforts at Rookery House
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